Re: Iodine was: Brain Swelling

[Guest guest]

Hi Chuck,

You're welcome...and thanks for explaining how this works. I

understood it was not an ongoing thing, nor recommended to be

continued, although a maintenance amount following initial treatment

was recommended. I didn't understand exactly how 'the oil' method

worked...I wasn't sure if it decreased absorption, since I thought

Iodine was water soluble, rather than oil soluble, which you

confirmed, or if it slowed absorption...or what...

BTW, what I've read so far, 37.5 mg - 50 mg is what Dr. Brownstein has

recommended for oral replacement of a deficiency, usually for about

three months, sometimes up to a year, and rarely as long as up to

three years; depending on which category a person fell into, once the

deficiency is corrected, a person would reduce to much smaller

maintenance dosages...(this is just my interpretation of what HE

says)... ;-)

So, downwind would be given injections after a nuclear reaction...how

does this differ from the government having a store of iodine tablets

to dispense after a nuclear fall-out?

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> Thanks for sending us back:

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> > http://www.thyroidmanager.org/Chapter20/20-frame.htm

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> > They gave some orally and some intramuscular injections of 20 - 960 mg

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> These are NOT daily doses, but a single oral and intramuscular

administration of iodized oil, commonly called lipiodol or ethiodol

and sold under the brand names, UF or Oriodol. The oil slows the peak

absorption and keeps it in the system longer. This one shot approach

is a treatment that has been tried in endemic IDD areas, where doping

the salt supply won't be universally effective. The problem with this

approach (besides the risks) is that it has to be repeated to prevent

developmental problems. A single shot right before pregnancy evidently

gets the baby through birth, but the growing child will need it later.

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> If there is a nuclear reactor accident, people downwind will be

given similar doses of iodine to prevent absorption of the radioactive

kind.

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> However, neither example implies that it is a good idea to get a

daily dose above 1 mg. They are both situations where the risks are

outweighed by the benefits. That analysis does not apply to doping

your morning orange juice with Lugol's.

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> Chuck

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[Guest guest]

G'morning Gracia,

I would think this is because these are what they have determined to

be their own individual needs. Since they don't take the same

amounts, they must have very real differences, which have brought them

to their own conclusions as to the amounts they, as individuals, each

do need...

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> Brownstein himself continues to take 50mg Iodoral, while Abraham

takes 100mg.

> Brownstein is now doing mostly research and accepting no new patients.

> Gracia